Most window companies sell you a brand. We sell you a dry, tight opening. Vinyl, fiberglass or wood, double or triple pane, insert or full-frame — we tell you which your house needs, price every window on its own line, and set each one on a sill pan with membrane flashing so water can't get behind it. No salesman, no three-hour pitch, no 'today-only' number.
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Most window companies sell you a brand. Typical price: $650 – $30K+. Licensed & insured, written itemized price before work starts, no deposit, one dedicated crew. Serving all 21 New Jersey counties from Paramus. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free estimate.
Vinyl is the value pick. A good vinyl window with welded corners and a multi-chamber frame lasts 20 to 30 years in New Jersey, never needs paint, and costs the least. Its weak spot is heat: dark vinyl on a south wall can warp, so we keep vinyl to white or light colors on the sunny sides.
Fiberglass costs about a third more. It barely moves with temperature, so the seals last longer, and it can be painted. If you want black frames — and everyone does right now — fiberglass is the material that stays flat.
Wood and wood-clad are for the houses that deserve them: pre-war colonials, Tudors, anything with divided lites you want to keep. Aluminum or fiberglass cladding outside, real wood inside. Most expensive, best looking, and the only one that needs any upkeep.
Every window we install is at least double pane with low-E glass and argon between the panes. That's the standard, not an upgrade. Triple pane adds a third sheet of glass and a second gas space. It cuts noise noticeably and pushes the U-factor down another notch. It's worth it on a busy road, near a train line or a highway, and on north-facing bedrooms that never feel warm. It's not worth it on a quiet cul-de-sac where the double-pane number is already good — the extra cost takes decades to earn back. We price both so you decide with the numbers in front of you.
An insert (pocket) window goes inside your existing frame. The old sash and stops come out, the new unit slides in, gets shimmed, foamed and capped. It's faster and cheaper, and you lose about an inch of glass on each side. It's the right choice when the frame and sill are solid, square and dry.
A full-frame replacement takes everything out to the rough opening. We check the framing, put in a sill pan, flash the opening with membrane, set the new window with its own nailing flange, and rebuild the interior and exterior trim. It costs more, and it's the only honest fix when the sill is soft, the house has settled, the old frame leaks, or you want the full glass size back. We poke every sill with an awl before we quote and tell you which one you actually need — often it's inserts on most of the house and full-frame on the two or three that are rotting.
We measure every opening three ways — width, height and diagonal — check every sill for rot, and note which need inserts and which need full-frame. Your quote lists each window by location, size, style and glass package, plus flashing, foam, trim, disposal and any permit.
Custom windows take 3 to 6 weeks to be built. Nothing is ordered until you've signed a price that can't change.
Most houses are done in one to two days. Each opening is opened, flashed, set, foamed, trimmed and capped the same day. You never sleep with a hole in the wall, and we vacuum each room before moving to the next.
We open, close and lock every window with you, show you the tilt latches, and you release final payment when you're satisfied.
Paramus-based, installing windows across all 21 New Jersey counties. Broken glass tonight? We board it up the same day, 24/7, and replace it as soon as the unit arrives.
Two ways to replace a window, and the salesman usually only mentions one.
A front door is a security item first and a pretty item second. We install fiberglass and steel entry doors as pre-hung units — frame, threshold and weatherstrip as one system — shimmed plumb so the deadbolt actually throws. Fiberglass looks like wood and never rots; steel is the strongest per dollar.
Patio doors fail at the rollers and the sill. New sliders roll on stainless rollers over a sill that drains, and French doors get a real multipoint lock. Both get flashed into the wall like a window, because a door that leaks at the sill rots the subfloor under it.
If you're finishing a basement bedroom in New Jersey, code requires an egress window: a clear opening big enough to climb out of, a sill no higher than 44 inches off the floor, and a well with a ladder if the well is deep. That means cutting the foundation. We saw the concrete, set a lintel where it's needed, install the window and the well, and connect the well drain to the footing drain or a drywell so it doesn't turn into a bathtub. Permit and inspection included.
We're the same company that finishes the basement, so the window, the framing, the bathroom and the sump pump come on one contract.
typical fixed-price range — your exact number goes in writing after a free visit
How we beat the big chains: A window chain's price has a three-hour pitch, a 'manager discount' and a rented install crew baked into it — the window itself is a small part of the number. No franchise fees, no commissioned salesmen, no rented subcontractors — that's typically 15–30% under national-brand quotes for the same or better spec. Bring us any written quote and we'll match the scope line by line.
“The quote was $22,000 'if I sign tonight' and $31,000 tomorrow. Which one was the real price?”
“They put inserts in frames that were rotten. Two winters later the sills are mush and the new windows leak.”
“The crew screwed the trim on crooked, left foam oozing out the sides, and never came back for the caps.”
“Three hours with a salesman, a 'today-only' price, and a call from his manager the next day with a lower one.”
“The new windows leaked at the corners in the first hard rain.”
“The basement window was cut without a permit. The town made us rip out the room.”
You found a crew that is actually near you. First Call Contracting is based in Paramus, in Bergen County, and our own licensed techs handle replacement windows in all 21 New Jersey counties — no call center, no subcontractor sent from two states away. Most of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex is 15 to 30 minutes from our shop, and emergencies go to the nearest crew, 24/7.
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Call (201) 676-3099, text us a photo, or book a free in-home estimate — you get a written price before any work starts.
Installed, a vinyl insert runs about $650 to $1,400 per window. Fiberglass and wood-clad run $1,200 to $2,500 and up. Full-frame adds roughly $250 to $500 per opening for the flashing and trim work. A whole house of 12 to 15 windows lands somewhere between $9,000 and $30,000 depending on the line. You get one itemized price, per window, before anything is ordered.
On a noisy street, near a highway or train, or in a bedroom that never warms up — yes. On a quiet block where a good double-pane window already hits a 0.27 U-factor — usually no. We quote both and let the numbers decide.
Not for same-size replacements on a one- or two-family house in New Jersey — that's ordinary maintenance. Changing the opening size, adding a bay or bow, or cutting a basement egress window needs a permit, and we pull it.
Custom units take 3 to 6 weeks to be manufactured. Once they land, most houses are installed in one to two days, each opening finished the same day it's opened.
Yes. Lots of people do the worst four or five first. We write the quote both ways — the full house and the partial — so you can see what waiting costs, and we match the same line and color when you do the rest.
Two layers: the manufacturer's warranty on the frame and the glass seal — most vinyl and fiberglass lines carry long ones — and our workmanship guarantee. If a window we set leaks at the flashing, we come back and fix it and whatever it damaged.
Less than a salesman will tell you and more than nothing. Going from single-pane or blown-seal windows to a good low-E double pane usually makes the biggest difference on the coldest and hottest days, when the rooms nobody uses finally stay usable. If somebody promises you a specific percentage off your PSE&G bill in writing, ask them to guarantee it in the contract and watch what happens.
A quality vinyl or fiberglass window installed correctly gives you 20 to 30 years, and the glass seal is usually what goes first. Wood and wood-clad go longer with maintenance and shorter without it. Installation matters as much as the window — a good unit shimmed square, insulated and flashed outlasts a premium unit stuffed in crooked.
Yes. We pull and set one opening at a time, so the house is never standing open — the room is buttoned up before we move to the next window. Cold changes sealant choices and cure times, not whether the job can be done, and we schedule around the worst of a storm. Repairs and emergency board-ups run all winter too, 24/7.
Double-hung is the New Jersey default: both sashes tilt in so you clean the second floor from inside. Casements seal tightest and are great over a kitchen sink or on a windy exposure, but they swing out over walkways and decks. Sliders suit wide, short openings like a basement or a bedroom on a tight side yard. We price what fits the opening and the way you actually live, not the line with the best markup.
Fog or haze between the panes, a sash that won't stay up, condensation running onto the sill in January, a curtain moving with the window closed, or paint and putty falling out of an old wood frame. Rot in the sill or jamb settles it. One or two bad windows can often be repaired; when half the house is like that, replacement is the cheaper answer, and we'll tell you which you have.
Removal, disposal and the cleanup are in the written price. Same for the old storm windows and any interior trim we have to rebuild. There are no end-of-job surprises — the itemized number you sign is the number you pay, and it holds for 90 days.
Usually, yes. Grid patterns, colonial or prairie layouts, exterior color, interior wood finish, arched or half-round tops and true divided-light looks are all available; older Bergen County colonials and Victorians get matched more often than not. Bring us a photo by text and we'll tell you what's stock, what's custom, and what each costs before you commit.
Yes. A stock size from a home center means shimming and filling the gap, and that gap is where drafts and water live. Custom units are built to your measured opening within an eighth of an inch, which is why every window we quote is measured by the person who will install it. Custom costs a little more than the shelf price and a lot less than doing it twice.
Cutting the foundation, the window, the well, the drain and the permit typically runs $4,500 to $9,500 in New Jersey. If we're finishing the basement, it goes on the same contract.
Most houses are done in one or two days once the windows arrive, and each opening is finished the same day it's opened. Custom units take 3–6 weeks to be made, so plan for that.
Same-size replacements on a one- or two-family home usually don't need one in New Jersey. Changing the opening size, cutting a foundation for an egress window, or any structural header work does. We handle it either way.
Insert if your frames and sills are solid and square; full-frame if there's rot, the house has settled, or you want more glass. We check every opening and tell you which, with the price for each.
If you're anywhere in New Jersey, yes. First Call Contracting is based in Paramus and handles replacement windows across all 21 counties with our own licensed crew. Most of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex is 15 to 30 minutes from our shop, and emergencies are dispatched to the nearest crew 24/7. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free in-home estimate.
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